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    Case Study: Anemia

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    Case Study 1: Anemia Situation: The client is a 77 – year – old widow who relies on her late husband’s savings for all her expenses. Over the past few years‚ she has eaten less and less meat because of her financial situation and the trouble of preparing a meal “just for me”. She also has medicines to buy for the treatment of hypertension and arthritis. Over the past 2 to 3 months‚ she has felt increasingly tired‚ despite sleeping well at night. When she goes to the clinic‚ the doctor orders blood

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    vessels to develop improperly in an area of the skin or visceral organs‚ particularly the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The malformed blood vessels form blood clots and appear on the skin as deep blue‚ soft‚ and rubbery blebs or lesions‚ referred to as a nevus. Along with the soft blue lesions‚ patients can also experience multiple bowel venous malformations. These lesions can lead to the lower GI tract bleeding‚ which can cause anemia and severe cases of hemorrhage

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    Elsevier/Mosby. Micrmedix 2.0. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25‚ 2013‚ from Enter URLhttps://sjaxvpn.shands.org/+CSCO+0h756767633A2F2F6A6A6A2E7A767065627A7271726B6662796867766261662E70627A+ Perrin‚ K. (2009). Understanding the Essentials of Critical Care Nursing. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

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    Ectopic Pregnancy

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    will cause bleeding. This intratubal bleeding hematosalpinx expels the implantation out of the tubal end as a tubal abortion. Tubal abortion is a common type of miscarriage. There is no inflammation of the tube in ectopic pregnancy. The pain is caused by prostaglandins released at the implantation site‚ and by free blood in the peritoneal cavity‚ which is a local irritant. Sometimes the bleeding might be heavy enough to threaten the health or life of the woman. Usually this degree of bleeding is due

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    Chronic Disease Outline

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    part of the small intestine and the large intestine (also known as the colon)‚ but can occur in any section of the gastrointestinal tract. Although Crohn ’s disease afflicts all age groups‚ initial diagnosis generally occurs before the age of thirty. II. Explanation of the disease: Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease. It’s caused by inflammation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and complications that can develop if the inflammation is not controlled. A. Common Symptoms: 1. Abdominal

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    Patient Denies changes in skin‚ rash‚ itching‚ nail deformity‚ hair loss‚ Neurologic: Pt. denies numbness and tingling; denies any prosthesis Endocrine: Patient denies thyroid problems‚ cold or heat intolerance‚ Hematologic: Denies bruising‚ abnormal bleeding‚ and fatigue. Psych: Anxiety some

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    Orthopedic simulation is introduced because there are many skills required in order to gain success from the surgery. One of the most popular simulation in orthopedic field is knee arthroplasty. Knee arthroplasty is the replacement of the fractured joint and action take to correct the dislocated mal-position of the tibia. Knee arthroplasty gains attention in these days because of the rising factor of obesity. Obesity results in knee arthritis which needs a total knee replacement (Liabaud‚ Patrick

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    1. The key features of the disease in the scenario are as follows. The symptoms have been noted to consist of chills‚ fever‚ headaches‚ myalgia or muscle aches and stiffness (Khayznikov et al.‚ 2015)‚ vomiting‚ bleeding from the nose‚ mouth and gastrointestinal tract‚ disorientation‚ and photophobia or sensitivity to light (Digre and Brennan‚ 2013). The incubation period was most likely a few days to a week‚ as individuals developed symptoms after returning from the forest. This disease occurred

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    Ketorolac Tromethamine

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    ketororolac tromethamine The following article will synthesize the approved uses of ketorolac tromethamine (ketorolac)‚ medical considerations when prescribing this drug‚ important patient education points‚ and ongoing research on possible medical benefits of the utilization of ketorolac. Ketorolac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and is indicated for the short-term management of moderately severe acute pain management at an opioid level it is also recognized to have antipyretic

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    Diet Related Disease

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    normal‚ you will feel unwell.
 Iron deficiency anaemia occurs when there isn’t enough iron in the body. For example‚ when losing blood‚ there will be a loss of iron at a great rate than normal. Blood loss is usually the result of slow‚ persistent bleeding from inside the body‚ such as gastritis‚ peptic

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